If you two new GT6 owners will give me your info (comm #, color, location,
year, etc) I will put you on my GT6 list and can forward you a copy if you
want. There are a bunch of us. You might want to send direct as I will be
off the list for about 3 weeks soon. Have fun with your GT6s. Jane '67Mk1
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> From: Martin_A._Secrest@NEB.VOA.GOV
> To: NJM@isvr.soton.ac.uk
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Greetings - New GT6 owner - Gearbox additives
> Date: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 2:34 AM
>
>
> Neil wrote:
>
>
> >>I am new to the list and have bought a 69 GT6 mk2 about 1 month ago.
> It is a valencia blue in about A2 condition.<<
> [snip]
> >>1) The box is quite noisy and crunchy in 3rd.<<
>
> Don¹t know that much can be done about that (except to make sure your
> tunnel is insulated, and your shifter boot is intact -- to keep down the
noise!)
> The GT6 gearbox is the reputed Achilles heel on the car, though it was
moderately
> improved for the Mk 2. A rebuild, if you opt for it, should run about
$500 ...
> NOS new, if you can find it, more than twice that. Sorry to be the
messenger on this
> one ...
>
> >>2) It really is quite a warm place to be! Any ideas for cutting down
> the heat?<<
>
> A new GT6 owner myself, I posed the same question last week. Consensus
is that
> you should make sure you tunnel insulation is intact (hmm... that sounds
familiar);
> if not, mylar-backed bubble insulation works well on heat and noise. I
found a
> spray adhesive (3M General Trim) useful when I installed two layers of
same in my
> Spit. That said, you will notice that some heat on both the Spit and GT6
seeps
> through the front of the door -- a lot of it is coming through the hole
for the
> door check strap. You might try stuffing this hole with some sort of
insulation
> from either side of the door jamb. I believe the hole cuts through
> to the engine bay (front) side, which is the more logical place to block
it off, since you
> don*t have the check strap in the way. Good luck. And as a veteran of
all of
> two weeks now, may I be the first to say, ªWelcome to Club GT6!ª
>
> --
> Martin Secrest
> 74 Spitfire 1500
> 73 GT6 III
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